West indian way of saying weed. White people now know about it and think it means Jamaican weed. They also think Jamaican's made this up. Ganja is a hindi word, brought to the west indies by indentured servants from India along with the weed it describes.

Ganja is another name for marijuana. The word is ofter times associated with the west indies, but the truth is that it originated in India.

ORIGIN: The word Ganja actually comes from the word Ganges, referring to the Ganges River, which is a river in India where Cannabis Indica grew naturally. Cannabis indica was brought to the west indies, and is therefore referred to as Ganga.

For those who didn't know.

"While swiming in the ganges river, I came across some Ganja, so i smoked it."